Chrome version 147 silently downloads Gemini Nano’s weights.bin file to local storage, sparking major privacy, data, and legal concerns.

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    13 hours ago

    I wonder if they do it on phones as well. Not everyone has a 256GB+ device, and 4GB would be a significant chunk on even that.

    • atrielienz@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      On android phones I believe this is called Gemini Nano which is part of the Gemini app for Android and the android AIcore app. The AI core app supposedly eats up like 4-12GB of storage. I believe it’s a system app that you can’t uninstall.

      Might be worth a look at your phone apps especially if you have a pixel phone.

    • Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works
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      12 hours ago

      What little I read about this it seems to only be on desktop. For now.

      Some suit in the C Suite is having a wet dream though imagining the not so far off future where they can run shit like this on your phone.